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One correction here, its not the PV panels that are expensive, its the battery. You bought an EV? you just buried a lot of $$ in that battery, for several years. And the panels are on the ROOF, whats going to nail them up there on top of your monster SUV? I have a BUNCH of panels, with serious...

I dont think so. My take-away, from playing with all sorts of solar stuff, for several years now, is that charging and load are separate. As long as you have good batteries. Now, Panels will be putting in about 1Kw at best, motor will take out 8 - 10kw, just rambling down a country road. 3...

270 in an 8 hour shift? Thats a truck every 100 seconds! In a place that was a printing plant up to last year! Maybe in year-2, or 3, but not out of the gate My bet (I'll put a $100 bill down) is that IF THEY GET INTO PRODUCTION, first year will be less than 20,000 units. I'll measure that...

the electronics is not really hard, just that DIY-ers (like me) dont really go for the 400v battery systems like you find in an EV. So not much out there to handle that kind of voltage. Personally I am happy up to about 72v systems, done several golfcarts this way, works really well. But range...

Attention. Grabber. Often works with folk who have limited attention span. Like you they didn't read the bit in parens? It's a good article, read it, read some of the comments. We are not alone out here.

140k / year. Not possible with the Warsaw plant, not even a tenth of that So? Where is the next plant, and how can they get it online in less than a year? Answer: they get bought, any bets on who is bidding?

yes, I drive a 2018 Tacoma, its too big, I want the 1980 model back again

Nailed it: "trades Polish for Purpose" That says it, straight right to the jaw for all the glitzy showtrucks. I want to carry "stuff", not much stuff in any one trip, but lots and lots of times. First new car I bought when I came to USA (Yes, I'm an immigrant) was a Mazda B2200 pickup. Small...

Yes, but at least a year away before we can really see one up close, Thats a real bummer, seems to me they should put a few on a trailer and run around the whole country like lunatics showing it off. This is FL, pickup country, customization is the name of the game, folk will sign up in droves...

Yes, I know. Fell off a suburban NJ road on black ice in a FWD chrysler Sebring convertible. And yes, it was cold, roof was UP, heat was ON, defogger at MAX. This is one of the stories that encouraged me to move from NJ to FL. Took a week to fix it, then another 5 weeks to get the "correct"...

dude, this is AutoAmerica, trying to plan years in the future? Impossible! Bury your $$ in a solid investment, and when you see what you want, deliverable in less than 3 months, BUY IT Until then, its all hype. Me? I want an Aptera, (and a Slate as well for the pickup-stuff) but my chances...

Price! If it's inexpensive, still has ok range, and is not polluted with a million meaningless options? Then yes. By that time we will have some pretty good reliability info.

Not really, just that you really do not want to test drive a lightweight RWD pickup on ice. Unless you like sideways.

Yes for FL, drop one into Daytona for Roar at the Shore? FL is pickup country, test drive in the parking lot. But I'll go upto GA, or even Louisiana, just to sit in one

Your right of course. But I'm in S FL, Boston is nearly 2000 miles

Check the day I get a test drive, even on a closed course

Nothing at all on the east coast! Would be great if they showed even a static blank slate at Daytona. Or any e coast event

I have an old golfcart, put 3 flexible 120w 18v panels on the roof, wired in series. Total weight including wiring about 15 lb. Wired it to a standard solar controller and hooked that to the battery. Have not plugged it into the charger for about a year. Now I never go more than say 5 miles in...

What I did, was the same install, (the 14-50 outlet, with honking #4 wire) but I put a 30-amp breaker in the box, and I have a progarmmable EVSE, which I set to 26 - 28 amps. I probably didnt need the huge wires, but it was about a 40-foot run. It has charged my daughters Model-3 couple...

agree about the rating requirement, but I read it the other way around. How many watt-hours to go 1 mile? My Arcimoto (wierd electric 3-wheeler) is a bit over 200, so a KwH takes it about 4-miles-ish, half that at 80mph. I think some smart folk can get a 4-wheel, 2-door sedan into that...